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Animal-Related Fiction

BOOK COVER-Jagged Little Edges

Jagged Little Edges, A Collection of Short Stories

by J.M. Frank

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Included in the Jagged Little Edges Compilation

are 21 pieces, including award-winning stories and:

“Angel of Death” —A short story from the perspective of an animal shelter worker whose primary job (by choice) is to euthanize animals. Previously published in the Virginia Adversaria Literary Journal

“Jumping from Buildings” This poem draws a parallel between the fate of people in the World Trade Center and animal labs. Previously published by Left Curve

“Veiled Safety”—A short story about a person who goes to a bed and breakfast that grows their own animals. She experiences a sudden transformation and attempts to rescue a newborn calf she has grown attached to.

“Puppy Love”—A short story about what happens to human relationships when one person’s love for animals overrides the love for his significant other.

“Free Education”—A short story about a college student who works at a behavioral science pigeon lab. His relationship to everything changes when he realizes the so-called “non-lethal” research he is assisting with will involve killing the birds.

“Salesman”—A short story from the perspective of a salesman of laboratory equipment for animal research. He is on a slump and about to close a big sale, but protesters outside the building make things complicated. Previously published in Mobius: Journal of Social Change, www.Mobiusmagazine.com

“Breakthrough”—A short story about a graduate student up against the myopic views of those studying animal consciousness.

“Summer Revival”—A short story about a recent widower is pressured into getting a puppy. The puppy helps him emerge from his grief.

“Lost in Translation”—A short story about the intelligence and communication capabilities of dolphins lost on the arrogance and idiocy of humankind.

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Higher Intelligence, science fiction

Higher Intelligence is a science fiction novel about human conflict with a life form on another planet. It is a metaphor for our treatment of animals who we consider to be of inferior intelligence. At its heart, the novel reveals critical life themes about animals, the environment, and what happens when humankind’s penchant for controlling both reaches its inevitable tragic conclusion.